Documents of the 29th Party Congress of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities: Receiving valuable opinions from generations of leaders

Attending the Conference were representatives of VNU's leadership, former leaders of the University through the periods, current leaders and Party cell secretaries, heads of all units of the University.

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Directions and Development Strategy of University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Chairing the Conference, on behalf of the School Board of Directors, Party Secretary and Principal Hoang Anh Tuan expressed his deep gratitude for the attention and participation of the former leaders of the School in the Conference, which is of great significance in preparation for the 29th School Party Congress. Party Secretary Hoang Anh Tuan expressed that the School leadership wished to listen to the valuable guidance and advice of the teachers, not only for the Political Report of the Party Congress, but more importantly, for building a development strategy for the University of Social Sciences and Humanities for the next 10 years and beyond.
Based on a correct and profound understanding of the achievements; the mission and position of the University in the cause of building, protecting and developing the country; and at the same time, carefully analyzing the opportunities and challenges posed by the new context, the Development Strategy of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has identified a number of major and key goals: Successful university autonomy; Internationalization of training and scientific research activities; Streamlining the apparatus towards effectiveness - efficiency - effectiveness; Building a team of high-quality human resources, leading experts; Promoting scientific research in a focused and key direction, building a large group to affirm the reputation, position and scientific prestige of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, fulfilling national responsibilities; Modernizing facilities and optimizing resources for development.

Identify key goals and breakthrough solutions

That is an important content that the delegates attending the conference focused on analyzing and discussing about the development strategy of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in the coming time.
At the Conference, veteran cadres with many years of experience in management, training, scientific research, and at the same time, leading scientists in many fields frankly exchanged with profound and practical analysis. All opinions expressed their approval and high consensus on the content of the documents prepared for the Party Congress of the University for the term 2025-2030, and at the same time highly appreciated the spirit of frankness, daring to look straight, speaking the truth about some points that have not been done and proposing fundamental solutions. With that spirit, along with the political determination and solidarity of the collective leadership and all cadres, lecturers and students, the Party Committee of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities will certainly successfully complete the tasks set for the term 2025-2030.
Regarding the University's development strategy to 2035 and vision to 2045, the contributions emphasized solutions to realize the goals in a context with many advantages but also many challenges. With major changes in political and social life, fierce competition among all educational institutions, university autonomy is a mandatory requirement and a huge challenge, especially for universities training and researching basic sciences. Besides, in the digital age, science and technology develop at a breakneck speed, the emergence and increasingly deep penetration of artificial intelligence into all aspects of social life requires universities to transform rapidly to adapt and develop.
 Prof. Dr. Phung Huu Phu - Chairman of the Science and Technology Council, the School's Policy Advisory Council; former member of the Party Central Committee, former Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, former Party Secretary, the first Principal of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, emphasized the three most important "breakthroughs", the key to successfully implementing the school's development strategy: Breakthrough in thinking and awareness; Breakthrough in management organization and Breakthrough in resources for investment in development. Speaking at the Conference, Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Thanh Truong - Vice President of VNU affirmed: In recent years, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has made strong progress in all aspects, including some breakthroughs and pioneering fields, which have been highly appreciated by VNU leaders. The key goals in the development strategy of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities such as: internationalization of training and research; promoting digital transformation; increasing national responsibility in consulting on local sustainable development policies, etc. have promoted the unit's strengths and adapted to the world context. Therefore, VNU leaders believe that with proactiveness, creativity and strong innovation, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities will have many breakthroughs in the coming time, affirming its core role in VNU, its leading position in the country and reaching the regional level.